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The digastric branch of facial nerve provides motor innervation to the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.[1][2] It branches from the facial nerve (CN VII) near to the stylomastoid foramen[1] as the CN VII exits the facial canal (it thus branches proximal to the parotid plexus of facial nerve).[2] It commonly arises in common with the stylohyoid branch of facial nerve.[3]
Digastric branch of facial nerve | |
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Latin | ramus digastricus nervi facialis |
TA98 | A14.2.01.105 |
TA2 | 6298 |
FMA | 53288 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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